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Jamie Smith and Keane Bourke

Social housing and homeless given $511 million boost in WA budget to allow for 700 new homes

Hundreds of new homes will be built in WA for social housing and the homeless. (ABC News: James Carmody)

The Western Australian government will inject $511 million into social housing and homelessness initiatives under the state budget in its latest attempt to combat the housing crisis.

As part of the commitment, $450 million is to be spent on building 700 new social housing homes, as well as fixing the Department of Communities' ageing housing stock.

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